Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Deuteronomy 1:16
At that time I charged your judges: "Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

1 Samuel 19:4
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

1 Samuel 20:32
"Why must he be put to death?" Jonathan replied. "What has he done?"

Proverbs 29:7
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow."

Jeremiah 22:16
He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?" declares the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.


Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.



Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.



Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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